This was actually my first thought as well, but I was hoping to avoid this
technique because I am using this as part of a tutorial I want to remain in
Interface Builder as much as possible for this particular lesson.
--- On Thu, 9/4/08, I. Savant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: I. Savant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: line break in Interface Builder
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com
> Date: Thursday, September 4, 2008, 7:20 PM
> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 3:14 PM, John Murphy
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I need to know how to create a line break in Interface
> Builder.
> > "\n" does not work...
> > I have a multiline text field that is populated using
> bindings, the value is modified using a display pattern:
> > %{value1}@ %{value2}@
> > I need a line break between these two values.
> > Any ideas?
>
> If inserting a \n escape doesn't work, my next
> idea would be to
> create a dependent key (dependent on whatever key you were
> original
> trying to bind) that gives the proper formatted string.
>
> Say you wanted to bind to two keys called:
> "foo" and "bar". Create a
> third key "formattedFooBarString" (or whatever)
> and register it as
> dependent upon foo and bar (so that if either foo or bar
> change,
> foormattedFooBarString is also updated). The key has no
> setter, but
> its getter returns:
>
> return [NSString stringWithFormat:@"[EMAIL PROTECTED]@",
> [self
> valueForKey:@"foo"], [self
> valueForKey:@"bar"]];
>
> You then bind to foormattedFooBarString (without using
> the display
> pattern) and it should work fine. I hope this helps.
>
> --
> I.S.
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